OK - I am not enjoying the earthquakes now. Very unsettling. 6th one today (apparently) and the last one was a very strong 4. They are all around Mogliano & Loro Piceno. Are they bothering anyone else more since Aquila?
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Hi, I am trying to get a list of people affected by the refusal of ASUR 13 & 12 (Ascoli & San Benedetto) to give us permanent residents permanent health cover.
Mon, 12/14/2009 - 09:44
I heard again today that the property market is moving again here in Southern Marche. I am not talking of foreign buyers but just the general property market. Good news for us sellers!
Tue, 11/24/2009 - 08:02
Apparently Dustin Hoffman is going to be promoting our region in a new TV commercial:http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/eng
Thu, 10/15/2009 - 04:36
Does anyone know a good optician in the South Marche area?
Tue, 10/13/2009 - 10:34
Can someone explain to me why my posts in the Marche Healthcare groups are appearing so many times please? Thanks
Sun, 09/20/2009 - 18:28
OK - an update on my fight for a permanent inscription in the health service here that is not good news I am afraid.This morning I went back to Dott.ssa Saldari at Ascoli as advised by Dott.ssa Carletti at the Marche Regione (she is responsible fo
Tue, 09/15/2009 - 09:45
We're letting our shop go in Sarnano. It just didn't bring us any more business so we can't justify the cost.
Sun, 09/13/2009 - 04:55
I went on Tusday back to try to see the director of the health authority that I had previously spoken two and who seemed to never return my calls or be there when I called. Guess what? She wasn't there!
Thu, 08/27/2009 - 02:02
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Is this the same thing? My French is uselss so I can't tell... http://www.tifon.com/
Fillide - 50% of 0.76% and 0.38% of everything are the same. It said it in my local paper too. I'll give you an example: Original Total IMU @ 0,76% = €292.73 New Total IMU due for year @ 0.9% = €346.65 1st instalment - €146.36 (ie half of €292.73):
2nd instalment - €200.28 (ie remaining €146.36 plus extra 0.14% or €53.92 to bring it to 0.9%):
My mistake was to assume that in the second instalment I would give €100.14 to the Comune and €100.14 to the State. This is wrong. The extra bit goes to the Comune. Hope I've not confused anyone!
Hi Rachel, don't forget to take your residency before the 18 month deadline though (both of you if the name was bought in joint names) as the fines for failing to do so are large.
Rachel, the tools are just different that is all. In Italy they use long handled spades and a zappa instead of a fork althrough you can buy more English looking forks too. The stuff in the DIY stores isn't necessarily of great quality so find a local agricoltural supplier and they usually sell the handles and heads separately. The Post Office sell a great calendar for each year showing what should be planted when according to the phases of the moon etc. It's very informative and interesting to peruse but obviously not as good as local advice. In my experience of gardening in dry-old East Anglia, everything needs watering when first planted despite the time of year. It might be worth speaking to your neighbours and asking if they can do some watering for you if it looks like they need it.
I think you are asking all the right questions. I have had good and bad Italian accountants (more bad than good unfrotunately!). All charged what seems to me an extortionate amount of money - far more than I paid in the UK. However, it is very difficult to get accurate advice and information when you are still in the UK. Once you move here, I would ask around to find a good local Italian accountant who can deal with the Italian side for you. I have had excellent advice from one of the farmer's unions and if I were starting over, the very first thing I would do would be to join one of the Italian unions appropriate to my job and get advice from them. They are very helpful and an awful lot cheaper that employing your own accountant.
A 5,000 litre plastic drinking water tank costs around €400 if that helps. You can fit a UV treatment system for a couple of hundred euro.
If you plot it on Via Michelin they will work out both the fuel and toll costs for you.
Lots of properties here in Liguria don't have mains water and they get round it by having huge storage tanks and having their water delivered. Not a cheap solution though...
I found that the BBC radio station susing their iPlayer used lots of bandwidth and it dropped out often. You can use one of the internet radio sites and it is much better as Fillide says.
So if you bought with Prima casa and owned it for 20 years but only lived in it for 9 then you have to pay plusvalenza? Seems a bit harsh!